The Coming Collapse of the World’s Biggest Economy

Editor’s note: Over the next few days, you’ll notice a familiar theme running in the Dispatch. It’s one of the most important topics in the world today…and it has major implications for every investor going forward.

As you’ll see, Europe is on the brink of an epic collapse…and it’s presenting once-in-a-lifetime profit opportunities for those who know how to play it.

Today, to kick this miniseries off, we have a special essay from Crisis Investing editor Nick Giambruno, who just got back from Italy to uncover a part of this story that no one is talking about today…

By Nick Giambruno, editor, Crisis Investing

The stage is set for the collapse of the world’s largest economy—the European Union. The trigger: Italy’s exit from the euro currency.

The Financial Times recently put it this way:

An Italian exit from the single currency would trigger the total collapse of the eurozone within a very short period. It would probably lead to the most violent economic shock in history, dwarfing the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 and the 1929 Wall Street crash.